Former White House Physician Kevin O'Connor, who said that President Joe Biden was fit to hold office even as his cognitive decline became crystal clear to the rest of the world, is now seeking to delay his testimony before the House Oversight Committee because of disagreements about the scope of the questions he would be asked.
O'Connor was scheduled to testify Wednesday, but he is reluctant to disclose information about Biden's health while in office and his use of an autopen to sign documents and legislation.
A lawyer for O'Connor requested the testimony to be moved to July 28 or August 4 to give him time to meet his "ethical obligations" in the matter.
"Dr. O’Connor has legal and ethical obligations that he must satisfy and for which violations carry serious consequences to him professionally and personally," a letter to the judge read.
The letter also argued that no other doctor has every been subpoenaed
"We are unaware of any prior occasion on which a Congressional Committee has subpoenaed a physician to testify about the treatment of an individual patient. And the notion that a Congressional Committee would do so without any regard whatsoever for the confidentiality of the physician-patient relationship is alarming."
The Oversight Committee responded by saying that O'Connor could object to individual questions during the testimony, but that the delay was not permissible.
A spokesperson for the committee accused O'Connor of attempting to "stonewall" the process unnecessarily.
O'Connor is expected to testify on Wendesday due to the issued subpoena and faces consequences if he does not show up to do so.
Former top aide to Biden, Neera Tanden, testified weeks ago that she directed autopen signatures under Biden's direction but said she didn't know where the authorization to do so came from.
"Ms. Tanden testified that she had minimal interaction with President Biden, despite wielding tremendous authority," Comer said at the time. "She explained that to obtain approval for autopen signatures, she would send decision memos to members of the President’s inner circle and had no visibility of what occurred between sending the memo and receiving it back with approval. Her testimony raises serious questions about who was really calling the shots in the Biden White House amid the President’s obvious decline. We will continue to pursue the truth for the American people."
O'Connor is clearly terrified at being asked why Biden was so uninvolved in his own presidency and whether his health had anythign to do with it.
Lying under oath to Congress is a criminal act punishable with jail time, so he obviously has something to hide in trying to avoid the testimony.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused a reporter for the Washington Post of harassing Gabbard and her staff.
On Thursday, Gabbard blasted Washington Post reporter Ellen Nakashima for harassing ODNI staffers by calling high-level staffers with a burner phone and refusing to identify herself repeatedly.
In a post to social media, Gabbard stated, "It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high-level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact that she works for the Washington Post, and then demanding they share sensitive information."
However, the plot quickly thickened as Gabbard revealed that she and her family had been harassed in Hawaii, and Gabbard claims that it was Nakashima who was behind that.
Gabbard continued by saying, "This is a clear political op by the same outlet and the same reporter who harassed and stalked my family in Hawaii. This kind of deranged behavior reflects a media establishment so desperate to sabotage @POTUS’s successful agenda that they’ve abandoned even a facade of journalistic integrity and ethics."
Nakashima has become a notorious name for many as she has been one of the Washington Post's most prolific leftists, who is willing to disregard any kind of journalistic ethics in pushing leftist narratives.
Of course, the Washington Post quickly denied the accusations leveled against Nakashima by saying, "For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press statements regarding matters of public interest is neither nefarious nor is it harassment. It is basic journalism."
Of course, the behavior described by Gabbard is far from a reporter reaching out to individuals working in government. Gabbard's accusations describe a pattern of harassment, not journalistic investigation.
The Washington Post's statement continued by saying, "DNI Gabbard’s unfounded personal attack reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about the role of journalists to report on government officials and hold power to account, without fear or favor and regardless of party. The Post remains committed to that vital and constitutionally protected work."
It's rich hearing the Washington Post talk about the duty to "hold power to account regardless of party," after years of the Washington Post looking the other way while dysfunction and disaster were the norm under the Biden administration.
Nakashima is going to have to be careful, as leftist journalists will not have carte blanche to engage in unethical behavior without hearing from the Department of Justice.
For years, leftist journalists working for mainstream outlets have enjoyed acting without consequences. With the Trump administration, that is no longer the case as President Trump has made it clear that the mainstream media's typical antics will not be tolerated.
It remains to be seen what kind of criminal case Gabbard could put together against Nakashima, but if accusations of her numerous calls from burner phones and continuous harassment of staffers are true, there is a good chance that the Washington Post might face pressure to get rid of her.
The Trump administration has demonstrated that it is not afraid to use any and all tactics to hit back at the left after years of leftists using underhanded tactics to gain an advantage.
President Donald Trump revealed his pet name that he uses for his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, during a speech to supporters in Iowa on Thursday.
Trump appeared on stage for jubilant supporters just hours after Congress passed his massive budget bill in what many describe as Trump's greatest triumph, six months into his 2nd term in the White House.
Trump appeared to give his “Salute to America” address in Des Moines on the eve of July 4th, marking the 249th anniversary of the United States's independence from Britain.
The atmosphere was celebratory as Trump celebrated Independence Day while touting his new "One Big, Beautiful, Bill," which promises massive tax cuts and slashes government expenditures that will relieve taxpayer burdens while accomplishing major promises Trump made to supporters.
The event was a moment to remember for those in attendance, and Trump was at his best after what had felt like months of ceaseless battle.
Trump was clearly in a good mood as during his address to supporters, Trump revealed his pet name that he uses for the First Lady.
During the speech, Trump stated, “I remember saying to our great First Lady...” before stopping to point out, “I call her ‘First Lady,’ isn’t it terrible? I’m saying “Good night, First Lady, my darling,’ because it reminds me that I’m president, that’s why. I said ‘First Lady, it’s terrible nobody wants to join our military force."
Trump's cheeky comment generated laughs and no doubt would have drawn a severe look from the Slovenian former supermodel who has won the hearts of thousands of Americans with both her trendsetting fashion and her philanthropic outreach.
Melania Trump has been playing a much more muted role compared to her last time serving as First Lady by keeping a low profile politically, but continuing her extensive outreach and philanthropic endeavors.
Melania Trump's "Be Best" initiative works to promote healthy living with a special emphasis on combating childhood obesity. On Thursday, she met with patients at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington to encourage them and bring a spirit of celebration for the 4th.
Other areas of focus for the "Be Best" campaign involve tackling the dangers of cyberbullying and promoting responsible online behavior, especially for children who are particularly vulnerable in online spaces.
Melania Trump's hard work in these areas has changed lives, and despite the hatred thrown at her by leftist progressives, the First Lady is making history and winning the admiration of many Americans.
Something that has been consistently discussed over the past decade is the marriage of Donald and Melania Trump. Leftists have insisted without evidence for years that their marriage is a sham and that Melania Trump secretly loathes her husband.
This couldn't be further from the truth, as the couple only seems closer, especially since President Trump survived an assassination attempt last year during a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump's cheerful and cheeky comment about his relationship with his wife gives Americans an inside look at a healthy, lasting relationship. Melania Trump is the First Lady in all of our hearts, especially her husband's.
The lead singer of the band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Ronnie Winter, had to backtrack within days after telling Christian supporters of President Donald Trump they were "not invited" to his shows and could get refunds rather than attend.
On June 14, Winter posted a video that said, "If you're a Christian and you're watching this and you voted for Donald Trump, shame on you. You are not allowed to come to my shows. I don't want you there.
"Don't come to my shows. It's awesome that you love [2006 hit] Face Down, but it's not for you. It's not your song."
He went on: "If you voted for Donald Trump, do not come to my shows ever. Don't come to my shows because you're going to hear a lot of woke propaganda and you're gonna hear the actual words of Jesus, you're gonna hear a lot of acceptance from all areas of life and races, and you're gonna see a lot of harmony.
"That's not what you're about, 'kay, don't come. Refunds available."
"Forever don't come," he concluded.
Just two days later, however, he was singing a different tune.
He posted,
God's invitation of love into its heavenly kingdom is open to everyone.
Let's stop trying to manipulate the Heavenly father's invitation. For a second didn't it feel weird to not be invited to our events? Let it sink in guys.
Obviously, everyone is invited to our events, but leave the dividing topics out.
According to the Daily Mail, Winter received "an onslaught" of abuse and even death threats from Trump supporters that caused him to reschedule some tour dates.
Winters's online declaration obviously showed him that far more of his fans support Trump than he might have thought--at least, those fans who still want to be fans after his harsh comments to them.
Was it worth losing a significant percentage of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's fan base (which has already shrunk since almost 20 years ago when they actually had hits) just to hate on Trump? Seems like Winters decided that it wasn't.
And is hating on Trump really a Christian thing to do, no matter how much you think he is antithetical to Christian values?
Would Jesus hate Trump? I don't think so.
Seems like Winters has been forced to rethink whether hating your president is consistent with "actually" following Jesus, as he claimed he does. That being said, death threats are not cool, no matter which side they come from.
A shakeup could be coming soon to the Federal Reserve if President Donald Trump gets his wish about a change in leadership.
Trump, who has a longstanding beef with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, has called for Powell to resign after what was allegedly “deceptive” testimony before Congress given by the Fed leader, as Fox News reported.
Trump responded to an assertion by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that Powell was untruthful. The claim seems to have increased Trump’s already mounting frustration, kicked off by Powell’s refusal to lower interest rates.
According to Trump, Powell’s actions have cost the United States a “fortune” and he sent the chairman a strongly worded letter voicing his concerns.
Early this week Trump reached out to Powell, telling him in a Monday letter that other nations are lowering interest rates faster than the United States and questioning the Fed’s decision on the issue.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read the president’s note to Powell on Monday where the president said, “"Jerome, you are, as usual, too late.
“‘You have cost the USA a fortune and continue to do so. You should lower the rate by a lot. Hundreds of billions of dollars are being lost and there is no inflation.'"
That came before Trump reposted an article by Bloomberg where the FHFA head called for an investigation. Trump said in his Truth Social post, "Too Late’ should resign immediately!!!”
The call by the U.S. Federal Housing Chair, Bill Pulte, to investigate Powell was due to his recent testimony, which came following questions about what some claim are artificially high interest rates.
At least one political commentator, Nick Sorter, took to X in a July 2 post to talk about the call to investigate Powell, and he went on to say he believes the rate levels were kept high to “spite President Trump.”
🚨 BREAKING: US Federal Housing Chair Bill @Pulte calls for Congress to INVESTIGATE Jerome Powell
Powell has kept rates artificially high to spite President Trump, causing MILLIONS of homeowners and buyers great harm.
DO YOUR JOB, CONGRESS! Investigate Powell! pic.twitter.com/H9dS7sNPkZ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 2, 2025
The issue of money is, of course, at the forefront for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was asked about the call for resignation.
Bessent responded to questions about Powell during a July 3 interview, saying that the Trump administration has been consistent in its efforts to “get waste, fraud, and abuse out of the system."
"So, is it healthy for the Fed to get [its] spending under control, just like everybody else, in this time of belt-tightening and right-sizing the federal government? Sure," Bessent said Thursday during FOX Business’s “Mornings with Maria.”
When “asked by host Maria Bartiromo if Bessent wanted Powell to resign, the treasury secretary said, "I want to see the Fed right-size their budget.”
Despite extensive prep for media appearances and general PR training, former First Lady Michelle Obama still appears willing to overshare on her podcast.
In addition, the things that she disclosed about her girls in the most recent episode were seen by many as upsetting, as The Daily Caller reported.
One of the episodes that Obama broadcast in May was titled "women's health," although the primary focus of the program was on so-called reproductive healthcare.
Based on the recent episode, her viewpoints are extremely detrimental to a society that is generally healthy; nonetheless, she appears to have a deep-seated hatred for her own life.
She is continually dragging down her husband, former President Barack Obama, their marriage, and the life that she has been able to live, which appears to be what most would consider idyllic.
Rather than consider what she's going through as a blessing, consdering the extreme wealth and wellness that she and her family seem to enjoy, she talks about what she dislikes about those people and situations.
It’s clear that she doesn’t see any of the opportunities that she has had as a blessing. Instead, she frequently, as she did in this episode, talks about these moments begrudgingly.
The episode that aired on May 28 offered an incredibly sad look into her perspective on the ability to bring life into this world.
As of right now, the socialist perspective on fertility is fairly backwards and bent on pushing abortion and contraception, looking down on large families, and is hesitant to praise pregnancy.
Even though she has two daughters of her own, the way she speaks about women's bodies and their capacity to have children is disturbing.
“Women’s reproductive health is about our life. It’s about this whole complicated reproductive system that the least of what it does is produce life. It’s a very important thing that it does, but you only produce life if the machine that’s producing it—if you want to whittle us down to a machine—if the machine is functioning in a healthy, streamlined kind of way. But there is no discussion or apparent connection between the two,” Obama said.
It is easy to use this comment as an illustration of a radical liberal perspective on abortion, but the statement made by a mother that "the least of what [her body] does is produce life" is deeply unsettling.
The experiences of motherhood, pregnancy, and everything in between are challenging, but most would consider it the experience of a lifetime. Plenty of women have been devastated by the news that they would never be able to conceive.
When that is the case, if pregnancy is eventually possible, it feels like the most significant accomplishment a person could have achieved. That was entirely dismissed by the former first lady, which is almost as sad as the day she first picked up a microphone to begin the podcast in question.
A federal judge in Northern California has blocked the Trump administration from stripping the union protections of two-thirds of federal workers, more than a million in all, but a recent Supreme Court ruling could spell trouble for the injunction.
Judge James Donato ruled in favor of the American Federation of Government Workers (AFGE)'s April lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's March 27 executive order.
Donato's main reasoning for the ruling was that he thought Trump's order was in retaliation for lawsuits and statements against him since taking office in January.
It's an argument AFGE has put forward, but it isn't easy to prove someone's intentions behind an action like this.
“President Trump revoked our members’ union rights in retaliation for our advocacy on behalf of federal workers and the American people, and we are grateful that Judge Donato saw through his disingenuous ‘national security’ justification and has ordered the immediate restoration of their rights,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley.
“Federal employees have had the right to join a union and bargain collectively for decades, including during President Trump’s first term, and at no time have employees’ union rights caused concern for our nation’s national security,” he added. “Revoking these rights was clearly a retaliatory attempt to bust federal unions and wreak havoc on our nation’s workforce and the services they provide to the American people.”
Not only might this kind of shaky argument collapse on appeal, but there's also the matter of the recent Supreme Court ruling barring nationwide injunctions at the local level.
This case is specific enough--referring specifically to the six unions that filed the suit and the 950,000 federal employees covered by it--that the new ruling might not apply, but it's worth a try.
Trump is attempting to cut costs in the federal government through a reduction in force, and union protections are getting in his way as he tries to do so.
The executive order said to continue the RIF and to ignore union regulations to do so.
Not sure he will get away with that, but there's got to be a way to cut out the useless and redundant staff so government can function better.
Unions were useful once upon a time when workers didn't have even the most basic rights, but now they just perpetuate mediocrity and encourage workers not to work hard.
Trump continues to balance competing priorities to cut bloated government spending and to boost employment.
His actions along with DOGE to cut unneeded government employees were largely responsible for a .1% increase in unemployment in April, which remained unchanged at 4.2% in May.
Former Vice President and failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris may think the governorship in California is the logical next step in her political career, but donors who tried mightily to push her across the finish line in 2024 are not so sure.
A new Politico report published Friday includes biting interviews with Democrat donors who are unsure whether they want to give Word Salad-Woman any more of their cash after her string of failures.
One major issue the donors had with Harris is that her losing campaign cost them a billion dollars and still ended up in debt with lingering questions about where some of the money went.
The other problem Harris faces is her presumed cover-up of former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline, the culpability for which she shares with most of the media and many other prominent Democrats.
One six-figure donor told Politico, “Kamala just reminds you we are in this complete shit storm. With Biden, we got bamboozled … I think she did the best she could in that situation, but obviously she knew about the cognitive decline too.”
He added, “I’ve written so many checks because I knew the Trump administration would be horrible, but we’re living in a nightmare because of the Democrats. I’m furious at them, truly.”
“There was more enthusiasm at first,” San Francisco-based Harris fundraiser Mather Martin said. “I think it waned a bit."
Politico reported that Harris has been quietly meeting with loyalists, some of whom have funded her campaigns since she first ran for district attorney in California 20 years ago.
She is reportedly exploring several different paths forward, including a philanthropic venture besides the governor's mansion.
While it is indeed hard to be more inept than current Governor Gavin Newsom, who came painfully close to being recalled, Harris could probably pull off that feat with one of her two remaining brain cells tied behind her back.
She really hasn't addressed Biden's cognitive decline and her part in hiding it, and now Democrat Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (also running for governor) is blasting her and Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra as co-conspirators in keeping it a secret from voters until the disastrous debate against Trump last July.
Another unnamed fundraiser worried that Harris's candidacy would just bring up a specter of the Democrats' failure to win the presidency and remind voters how unsuccessful she has been.
Donors “realize it’s just going to bring up the whole pathetic last presidential, which no one wants to hear about again,” he said. “And then it’s the whole ‘Did you know Joe Biden?’ thing. She still would probably lead, but honestly, no one is incredibly pumped.”
Republican candidates in the race are already planning to use her failures against her if she runs, and possibly against other candidates who represent the Democrat party as well. Bottom line: California has a lot of problems, and donors already suspect Harris is not the one who can solve them.
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband attended the glamorous wedding of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in Venice, Italy, on Saturday.
Ivanka Trump, who has been a friend of Bezos and his new wife, Lauren Sánchez, for some time, attended Saturday night's final wedding bash wearing a black Carolina Herrera dress and reinforcing the Trump family's connections with the world's elite.
Accompanying Trump was her husband, Jared Kushner, who has also been another important figure in maintaining the Trump family's connection with the rich and powerful despite the political tensions that exist between the Trumps and many of the world's rich and famous.
By all accounts, Ivanka Trump's looks turned heads at the star-studded event that featured names like Tom Brady, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, and Kim Kardashian.
The wedding of Bezos was an opportunity for the billionaire CEO to flex his power and wealth in a wedding weekend that began on Thursday, ending with Saturday night's bash.
The wedding was held at the Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard responsible for much of Venice's historical naval power. The event was moved there over security concerns caused by protestors who targeted Bezos' wedding over the extravagant wealth on display.
Those protestors gathered at the city’s train station for a march protesting Bezos saying “Bezos, f**k off,” and “Out of our lagoon!"
Another protester yelled into a loudspeaker saying, "Bezos goes hand-in-hand with (US President Donald) Trump, who’s fueling more money in war. We are for peace.” These few hundred protestors prompted enough of a security concern to get the wedding venue moved.
Other protestors were upset with the decadence of Bezos's wedding, considering the conditions that many Amazon workers endure to make Bezos one of the world's most powerful men.
However, the city of Venice has benefited greatly from Bezos' wedding as Venice’s Ministry of Tourism says the three-day wedding, which cost in the region of $55 million, will boost the city’s annual tourism turnover by a smashing 68%.
But that likely won't matter to many normal Italians who witnessed another star-studded gathering of the rich and famous at a time when wealth and glamour are resented in a world experiencing economic downturn and falling quality of life.
While Ivanka Trump turned heads and stood out among the world's wealthy, many are wondering what her future will be like, considering her father is the President of the United States.
Ivanka Trump served in an advisory role in her father's first term in the White House but has seemingly rejected working at the White House again because of the vicious and backhanded nature of working in American politics.
However, it is highly likely that Ivanka Trump is using her non-affiliation with the White House to her advantage in maintaining connections and drumming up support for the administration.
If nothing else, her continued visibility is a thorn in the side of the powerful who bear irrational hatred for the Trump family.
Newly released documents have confirmed that the Department of Justice under former President Joe Biden let Hunter Biden off the hook by not forcing him to register as a foreign agent.
The Oversight Project, a government watchdog, obtained the release of the files under a Freedom of Information Act request that the Trump administration was likely eager to comply with.
The Oversight Project president, Mike Howell, sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail, where he accused the DOJ of "refusing to look at the obvious, that Hunter was a foreign agent" due to his ties to a Ukrainian energy company.
Hunter Biden has been under scrutiny for years due to his position on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, despite his lack of qualifications. The former First Son has wiggled his way into multiple foreign companies, sparking suspicion that he was leveraging his family name.
These suspicions have since been confirmed as the entire Biden family made a profession out of selling access to the White House. However, we now know that the Biden DOJ was complicit in protecting the Biden family business.
The Oversight Project discovered that the Biden DOJ did not require Hunter Biden to register as a foreign agent even as they required other individuals undertaking similar ventures to register as foreign agents.
Documents show that in 2022, the DOJ determined that Burisma's former US lawyer, John Buretta of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, should have registered as a foreign agent when lobbying for Burisma in meetings with government officials in 2016.
Buretta should have registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which is designed to keep government officials and the American public informed about individuals acting on behalf of foreign governments or organizations.
All of this led to Howell stating, "Special Counsel David Weiss tried to basically pardon Hunter by a plea deal, refusing to look at the obvious, that Hunter was a foreign agent. The government, to include the intelligence community, federal law enforcement, prosecutors and the White House, twisted itself into pretzels over a long period of time to avoid the obvious with the Biden family."
It was obvious that Joe Biden, his brothers, and Hunter Biden were all selling access to the White House beginning when Joe Biden was former President Barack Obama's Vice President.
President Donald Trump pointed all of this out during the 2020 presidential election, but thanks to censorship by social media platforms in collusion with the intelligence community, it took years for the truth to become settled.
The corruption of the Biden family has gone unpunished despite the fact that the Bidens enriched themselves to the tune of millions by selling out the U.S. to foreign interests, most notably China.
While Hunter Biden's activities in Ukraine received the most scrutiny, there is also extensive documentation on the Biden family's ties to Chinese companies that are owned by the Chinese Communist Party.
The Trump administration is looking into the Biden family's activities, but the preemptive pardon given to Hunter Biden by Joe Biden in the last month of his term has complicated that investigation.